alcohol & england: A_E42

Pete Crowley is breathalysed after receiving a visitor to Alex 1, the alcohol treatment unit at Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham, Kent where he is being treated for alcohol addiction. Pete is a binge drinker; a binge can last up to five weeks comprising four bottles of wine a day. After more than 30 years of heavy drinking, Pete admitted to being an alcoholic. May 2001